When we’re building our life from “I’m not okay yet”… we accidentally recreate the same prison.

This episode is a walking heart-practice reflection from Hampstead Heath about slowing down, telling the truth about what’s here, and learning to live from the heart instead of the hustle.

It begins with big plans for a “connection day”… and turns into the simplest medicine: eye contact, honesty, and a nap.

Big thank you to Ivey my partner in rhyme. https://www.instagram.com/itsmeivey

💡 In This Episode, We Explore

• The “Future Fix” Trap — How planning a better future can be a subtle way of avoiding what’s true right now, and why building from “not okay” tends to extend “not okay.”

• Heart Practices & Nervous System Shifts — A simple relational practice that interrupts the rush, brings you back into your body, and shifts you from fight-or-flight into rest-and-digest.

• Truth as the Doorway to Presence — Why asking “What’s true right now?” dissolves performance and creates real connection with yourself and others.

• Comfort with Discomfort — How the need for certainty keeps pain chasing you, and how becoming “1% more okay” with fear changes everything.

• Bottom-Up Mission vs Top-Down Life Plan — Why your mission might not be something you decide, but something that emerges when you live your truth daily.

🕰️ Timestamps

00:00 Building a future from “I’m not okay”
00:27 Big plans… noticing disconnection
02:12 Heart practice: “be all of me with you”
03:36 The nap that changed the whole day
06:25 The magic you miss when you rush
07:05 Freestyle rap with a busker (because why not)
16:17 “Truth is the doorway to presence”
17:03 Core insight: build from ease, not fear
18:02 Certainty vs allowing discomfort
20:03 Today-truth vs multi-stage life plans
21:06 “My being is love” (not my doing)
22:19 The “safe” path vs the unknown path
24:22 Liminal space + capacity = new life emerging
27:36 Becoming comfortable not knowing

✍️ Quotes from the Episode

• “When we build our lives from a place of feeling trapped… we keep creating lives that feel the same way.”
• “We were planning connection… while not connecting.”
• “All it took was a heart practice and a nap.”
• “You miss life when you’re aiming for a destination.”
• “The doorway to being present is truth.”
• “If you can allow discomfort now, your life doesn’t have to be built around avoiding it.”
• “What if the mission is to live my truth every day?”
• “Bottom up, not top down — let your mission be shown through you being you.”

👤 About Dmitro Khroma

I’m an engineer, founder, facilitator, and creative exploring how to build a resilient, whole life.

After scaling a hardware company to ~£15M in revenue and burning out, I now support hardware founders as a fractional CTO, help founders lead sustainably through Build Without Burnout, and facilitate men’s work, coaching, and creative expression through freestyle rap and embodied practices.

This podcast shares my real-time journey of building a life and leadership rooted in truth, creativity, and emotional intelligence.

Because the real startup is you.

Connect here: https://linktr.ee/khromazone
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dkhroma/

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